{"entity":{"id":"west-midlands-cancer-alliance","kind":"institution","name":"West Midlands Cancer Alliance","aka":["WMCA"],"tldr":"The NHS England Cancer Alliance for the West Midlands, including Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Staffordshire: the partnership that plans and improves cancer services across its hospitals, GPs and community services.","summary":"One of the 20 Cancer Alliances set up by NHS England from 2016, following the Independent Cancer Taskforce strategy, to bring together the hospital trusts, integrated care boards, primary care, hospices and charities serving the West Midlands, including Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Alliances lead local delivery of the NHS cancer ambitions: earlier diagnosis (including rapid diagnostic centres and targeted lung health checks), the Faster Diagnosis Standard, personalised care and follow-up, and workforce and pathway improvement. They hold transformation funding from NHS England and publish local performance and improvement plans.","asOf":"2026-09-09","links":[{"label":"West Midlands Cancer Alliance","url":"https://wmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/"},{"label":"NHS England: Cancer Alliances","url":"https://www.england.nhs.uk/cancer/cancer-alliances-improving-care-locally/"}],"tags":["nhs-cancer-alliance"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":["early-detection"],"technologies":["low-dose-ct-screening"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["birmingham-cancer-centre"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"notes":[],"city":"Birmingham","country":"GB","lat":52.486,"lng":-1.89,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://wmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/","programs":["Earlier diagnosis and rapid diagnostic centres","Faster Diagnosis Standard","Personalised care and follow-up","Cancer pathway improvement"]},"route":"/institutions/west-midlands-cancer-alliance/","neighbours":{"section":[{"id":"early-detection","kind":"section","name":"Early Detection & Screening","route":"/fronts/early-detection/"}],"technology":[{"id":"low-dose-ct-screening","kind":"technology","name":"Low-dose CT lung screening","route":"/technologies/low-dose-ct-screening/"}],"institution":[{"id":"birmingham-cancer-centre","kind":"institution","name":"University Hospitals Birmingham / University of Birmingham Cancer Research Centre","route":"/institutions/birmingham-cancer-centre/"}]}}